2025 Saada prison airstrike

When

28 Apr 2025

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

68

Coordinates

16.93° N, 43.73° E

Description

US attack in Yemen

US attack in Yemen

On 28 April 2025, airstrikes launched by the United States Air Force struck a migrant detention centre operated by the Houthis in the city of Saada in Saada Governorate, Yemen. The attacks left at least 68 detained African migrants dead and 47 others injured. The incident was the largest single death toll for civilians in a U.S. military operation since the 2017 Mosul airstrike.

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